Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    MORTON IN THE COMMUNITY 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Established: 15 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 30/09/17 30/09/18 30/09/19 30/09/20 30/09/21 30/09/22
    Charitable activities £144,821 £108,969 £36,206 £92,390 £158,610
    Donations & Legacies £247,138 £211,028 £203,229 £190,452
    Other Income £41,229
    Investment Income
    Total income £355,856 £411,627 £344,694 £280,664 £282,842 £428,085
    Charitable activities spending £384,238 £362,129 £253,031 £232,433 £442,424
    Fundraising costs 2%
    Other spending £2,784 £3,337
    Total spending £357,759 £384,238 £362,129 £256,852 £235,217 £445,761
    Surplus/deficit -£1,903 £27,389 -£17,435 £23,812 £47,625 -£17,676
    Listed activities
    • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of public participation in sport','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','the promotion of equality and diversity
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Inverclyde
    • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Scottish Government£29,025
    Robertson Trust£20,000
    Foundation Scotland£14,026
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,700
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations£7,101
    Co-Operative Group£6,339
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Morton in the Community
    £500 16/05/2023
    Grant through the Colleagues in the Community Fund.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £2,500 30/11/2021
    To cover the cost of running weekly community football sessions
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Morton in the Community - Greenock Morton Trust
    £4,114 23/10/2021
    We would like to provide Team Talk, a weekly mental health support group for male adults in Inverclyde, in a remote capacity.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Morton in the Community
    £2,225 23/10/2021
    We would like to offer free football coaching and a healthy meal to children in Port Glasgow.
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Digitally Active
    £7,101 01/07/2021
    Detailed information not yet available.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Greenock Morton Community Trust Ltd
    £9,700 22/03/2021
    NL20: Remembering Inverclyde
    Scottish Government - Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £10,400 18/03/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £3,625 15/03/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Scottish Government - Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £9,200 06/01/2021
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £4,944 10/12/2020
    To deliver a project to primary school children that combines physical activity and healthy food.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £3,510 21/10/2020
    To re-introduce a walking football group to support improved mental health and wellbeing to those impacted by COVID-19
    Women's Fund for Scotland - Grant to Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £3,520 23/09/2020
    4
    To contribute to cost of putting 16 women from the Inverclyde area through training and thus providing an opportunity to earn coaching qualifications and experience.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Morton Memories at Home
    £3,160 11/08/2020
    6
    This group will use the funding to continue their 'Morton Memories' project online using Zoom rather than the face-to-face sessions which had previously been the norm.
    Scottish Government - Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £5,800 16/06/2020
    Detailed description not provided.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited
    £3,072 14/04/2020
    To cover staff costs for the delivery of weekly Team Talk mental health support group sessions using online platforms; including telephone video, Whatsapp and zoom.
    Robertson Trust - Project Worker (Employability)
    £20,000 29/07/2019
    Project Worker (Employability)
    Spirit of 2012 - ActivAge
    £57,000 10/10/2018
    This project will deliver a fortnightly intergenerational physical activity programme in care home across Inverclyde using local young people as volunteers. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ ....more
    Robertson Trust - Project Worker (Employability)
    £45,000 30/06/2016
    Project Worker (Employability)
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 09/09/2009, number: SC040819
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 01 March 2023 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number:SC364932, company name: Greenock Morton Community Trust Ltd).
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR19: 80 days late,
    Main office

    Cappielow Park, Sinclair Street , Greenock , Inverclyde, PA15 2TY

    Objectives

    The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To promote the advancement of public participation in sport, and in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of football and hockey, and 4.2 to provide recreational activities or the organisation of recreational facilities for the advancement of health through – • Walking Football for Men and Women • Football Fans In Training for Men and Women – (Exercise and Advice on Diet and Nutrition Information) • Peer Support Group for people suffering from Mental Health issues. • Peer Support Group for people who are who are Lonely or Isolated 4.3 to promote equality and inclusion by encouraging participation in programmes that target the disadvantaged and vulnerable. and 4.4 to advance education in the community by providing a range of projects and activities designed to assist in the learning and development of life skills, 4.5 to assist in the prevention or relief of poverty through training in – • Basic work skills • CV writing • Preparation for interviews

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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